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Piracy is now a Religion in Sweden

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Mike-O
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That's right. Copymism, the belief of piracy supporters, is now officially a recognised religion in Sweden.

According to head priest Isak Gerson "copying and seeding information are an integral part part of our belief.
The act of copying is a very important sacrament of our religion."

Mission statement:
*Copy and seed
*All knowledge for all people
*What technology allows us to create within natural laws, we will not limit with secular laws.

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I love it.
Jan 5 2012 5:30AM
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mikk
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I love scandinavian countries, specally Sweden
Jan 5 2012 5:36AM
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Mike-O
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Of course, the main agenda here is ensuring free flow of information, not torrenting the newest Will Smith smash hit.
Jan 5 2012 5:50AM
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ORDEAL
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hahahahaha one will never see it all
Jan 5 2012 7:42AM
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coldcuts69
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this is badass haha
Jan 5 2012 7:44AM
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Flyon
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Fuck yeah, Swedish people!!
Jan 5 2012 8:32AM
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Mike-O
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Looks like there are already over 4000 members worldwide, the website's been slashdotted in just these few hours...

golly, how can I join?!
Jan 5 2012 8:59AM
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TOAST.
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Do you have information on a new Will Smith album dropping, if so please do tell. I am still waiting for the next level in Parents Just Dont Understand.
Jan 5 2012 9:44AM
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Mike-O
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Yeah it's called Back In Black VII: Men In Suits Deluxe Edition - 'Behind The Throne/Where Tommy at, Foo?'

You gotta join The Church of Copymism to get a sneak peek... it's obviously leaked.
Jan 5 2012 9:49AM
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TOAST.
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Consider me converted.
Jan 5 2012 9:53AM
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Mike-O
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Opponent: "How can this disgrace of religious and spiritual activity even be considered an actual belief, when it's all universally bound in material form, only tubes and wiring running underground containing your 'information' inside?"


Proponent: "...what about Wi-Fi?"
Jan 5 2012 11:17AM
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Trace.
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Looks like I'm going to convert
Jan 5 2012 11:41AM
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Peach.
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This is actually genius. What they've done here is protect there information by blanketing it under Protection of Religion laws. Brilliant.
Jan 5 2012 11:51AM
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Mike-O
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Plus their postal adress is the same as the Swedish Pirate Party's... haha.
Jan 5 2012 11:53AM
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howlongcanausern
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lol who the fuck seeds?
Jan 5 2012 11:55AM
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Trace.
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Holy crap I completely forgot about that, this could be the most genius idea ever. I guess two can play at the whole abusing your religious right game.
Jan 5 2012 11:56AM
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Peach.
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shhhhhhhh
Jan 5 2012 11:56AM
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Mike-O
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I translated this from Swedish, so I took a libery with that, could be more like "copy and spread".
Jan 5 2012 11:57AM
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skijunkiedtm
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Don't just be a leach.
Jan 5 2012 12:01PM
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howlongcanausern
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one must leech before they can seed
Jan 5 2012 12:04PM
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TheHamburglar
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bahahaha funny shit.

madatory dress code: whatever jack sparrow wears
Jan 5 2012 12:10PM
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skijunkiedtm
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...but one doesn't have to stop there.

It amazes me that that the pirate party even exists, but now they are protected by religion too?
Jan 5 2012 12:11PM
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Mike-O
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Well, in Sweden or Finland they didn't get any representatives in the parliament, not a surprise though.
Jan 5 2012 12:15PM
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Jane6
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who needs Jeebus anyway? Converting as we speak
Jan 5 2012 12:30PM
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Troy.
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LInk please
Jan 5 2012 12:34PM
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Jane6
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/04/file-sharing-religion-church-of-kopimism_n_1183727.html?ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false
Jan 5 2012 12:35PM
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SirFryanator
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just put this down as my religion on facebook. brilliant
Jan 5 2012 12:36PM
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Jane6
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oh and

http://kopimistsamfundet.se/






Jan 5 2012 12:36PM
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Mike-O
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Fast Forward 15 years -->

Headline:

FAUX-'MORPHEUS' ENACTS MASS SUICIDE IN KOPIMIST CAMP -

SURVIVING VICTIM RECOUNTS:
"We wanted to see the real world of information...
Why, oh why, didn't they take the blueeee pill?!"
Jan 5 2012 12:42PM
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Peter.
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you non seeding fuckers
Jan 5 2012 12:50PM
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Mike-O
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Can you feel the Holy Torrent inside you and the Chosen leeching your knowledge?
Jan 5 2012 1:35PM
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howlongcanausern
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problem?
Jan 5 2012 1:43PM
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Jane6
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I CAN FEEL IT! MALWARE, GET THEE HENCE
Jan 5 2012 2:04PM
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SketchyMike
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i wonder who their god would be?
Jan 5 2012 2:28PM
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Mike-O
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Reporting in. Blessed be thy router.

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Jan 5 2012 2:31PM
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B.Aussie
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Wow pure brilliance.
Jan 5 2012 5:27PM
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the.cheat
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thats what i was thinking.
Jan 5 2012 5:34PM
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Mike-O
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Anyone else feel a bit tingly now that it's official... it's like the Wi-Fi is soaring through me and I can't control what I type.

All the knowledge of the world at my fingertips.
Jan 5 2012 6:00PM
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ski93
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I'm not surprised the Sweden has a law like this. Everyone there is the same already, piracy falls right in line with their political values.
Jan 5 2012 6:52PM
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Mike-O
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Not true. They have quite a diverse political alignment.
Jan 5 2012 6:53PM
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ski93
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democratic socialism? How so? Idk just going out on a whim, I was never very good in this area.
Jan 5 2012 6:55PM
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Mike-O
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Sweden is very liberal on the surface. There are large problems ahead and like I said earlier, the Pirate Party didn't even get a single representative in 2010 elections, we'll see how they fare in the next ones.
Jan 5 2012 6:58PM
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TheQuailman
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Thou Shall Seed
Jan 5 2012 7:08PM
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PacificRimJob
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...Is'nt that what NORSE RELIGION is?

I mean... its mostly just being a bezerker badass and raping and pillaging everyone. I would have figured stealing digital information would be included in that... and that that's a registered religion in... you know... the country where it was basically created haha.
Jan 5 2012 7:11PM
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Mike-O
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CTRL+C

CTRL+V

...Amen.
Jan 6 2012 4:58PM
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Mike-O
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Have you not reached your daily quota of Seeding? Or have you simply not bothered to Copy useful information?

Whatever the case, to retribute your insolence, you shall Copy and Paste
"I shall not fail my Information Overlords again" 200 times in a Word document.


Now go, my son, and spread the bytes.
Jan 6 2012 5:10PM
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PlaygroundRapist
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I love Scandinavia....



....and Finland ofcourse.
Jan 6 2012 5:12PM
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Mike-O
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Then thou shalt not repent, but rejoice in the limitless world of information and take in all of its glorious data.
Jan 6 2012 5:25PM
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PJS.
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Finally an ideology I can get behind.
Jan 6 2012 5:29PM
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PacificRimJob
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Does this make the pirate bay like... a church of sorts?
Jan 7 2012 4:37PM
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Jane6
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not related, I just wanted to post it somewhere.


As you were.
Jan 7 2012 5:32PM
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